Mom killed two young sons then herself, say police

Police said an investigation into the deaths of a woman and two children Wednesday in South San Jose has been classified as a murder-suicide.

Officers responded at 12:27 p.m. to a report of a suicide at a home in the 5300 block of Dent Avenue and found a woman and two children dead there.

Police said they have determined that the woman killed her 4-year-old and 7-year-old sons before killing herself.

The deaths of the boys are the eighth and ninth homicides in San Jose this year, police said.